Buffalo Grove Native Tries to Set Conan O'Brien Straight
Talk show host Conan O'Brien turns the tables on Joel Ohrlund, a pharmacy student who corrected the host's inaccurate statement about insulin products.
A Buffalo Grove native got some publicity on national television last week when he tried to set the record straight with late night talk show host Conan O’Brien. O’Brien runs a segment called “Fan Corrections” in which viewers submit video clips pointing out errors made on the show. When Joel Ohrlund heard O’Brien crack a joke about a pharmaceutical company creating cinnamon flavored insulin, Ohrlund felt as though he had to intervene. “As a pharmacy student, I couldn’t let this go because I know that insulin is a protein and would get broken down if taken orally, so it’s only available via subcutaneous injection. So, you’re wrong,” he stated in the video he submitted to the show. Ohrlund, a 2006 graduate of Buffalo Grove High School, …
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